Motions
Draft a motion for extension — the one the rules still allow.
Under the 2019 Amendments a motion for extension of time is a prohibited motion — with one exception, the answer, and even that is capped and single-use. This is a one-paragraph procedural request rather than a legal argument, so BatasDB deliberately does not attach case law to it: "as held in G.R. No. …" has no place in a motion that asks for more time.
How to draft this
Four steps from a sentence to a Word file.
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Describe the document in one sentence
Type what you need in plain language — "draft a motion for extension of time to file answer" plus the facts you already have. No template to hunt, no blank Word file to start from.
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Generate the first draft
BatasDB matches the request to a motion for extension of time to file answer and writes it against the 4 required elements on this page.
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Fill the marked blanks
Names, dates, amounts and other facts you did not supply come back as marked blanks, counted at the top of the draft. Rewrite freely in the editor.
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Export to Word or PDF
Export with the unfilled blanks highlighted. Editing, exporting and duplicating are free — only generating a new draft uses credits.
Drafted from
Rule 11, Sec. 11, in relation to Rule 15, Sec. 12(e), Rules of Court
This shapes the checklist below and the form of the document. It is not emitted into your draft as a citation — this document type does not conventionally cite authority, so BatasDB skips library retrieval for it entirely rather than padding a simple document with citations.
The checklist
What a motion for extension of time to file answer has to contain.
These are the elements BatasDB drafts against — injected into the generation itself, not checked afterwards. Where you have not supplied what an element needs, the draft leaves a marked blank instead of writing something plausible.
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Date of receipt of summons
And the current expiry of the period to answer.
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The period prayed for
Not more than thirty calendar days, and only one such motion is allowed per defendant.
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The reason
The meritorious reason the extension is sought.
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The prayer
A WHEREFORE prayer for the extension.
Before it drafts
It works out whether the extension is even available
Ask for an extension to file an answer in an ordinary civil action and it drafts one, capped at thirty calendar days and stating that this is the defendant’s only such motion. Ask for an extension to file anything else and it names the paper you asked about and explains that Rule 15, Sec. 12(e) prohibits the motion. Ask in a case under the 2022 Expedited Rules and it refuses more firmly still — Rule II, Sec. 2(f) has no answer exception, so the thirty-day extension is not available at all. But ask for an appellate extension and it draws the opposite conclusion and drafts it: Rules 42, 43, 44 and 45 expressly grant the power, so the trial-court prohibition does not apply, and the draft spells out the conditions the rule attaches — filed before the period expires, with full payment of docket and other lawful fees.
Not written by the AI
The formal parts are assembled, not generated.
The scaffolding a motion for extension of time to file answer needs is appended by the app from the rule that requires it. The drafting model does not write these and is explicitly told not to, so they cannot drift, be paraphrased, or come out subtly wrong.
- the ordinary civil caption
- the prayer, "RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED", and counsel’s signature block
- copy furnished
What it leaves to you
The gaps are marked, not filled.
Facts you did not supply
Every name, date, amount, docket number and address you did not give comes out as a marked blank — [FACT NEEDED: …] — rather than as a plausible invention. They are counted at the top of the draft and highlighted in the Word and PDF exports.
Assertions it made on its own
A gate reads the drafted text for concrete assertions that trace back to nothing you said and nothing that was retrieved, and rewrites each as [CONFIRM: …] for you to check before you sign.
The judgment
Every draft carries a standing notice: AI-generated draft — review before filing or signing. Not legal advice. It is a first draft for a lawyer, not a filing-ready document.
FAQ
Motion for Extension: questions lawyers ask.
- Can I still file a motion for extension of time in the Philippines?
- In a trial court, only to file an answer — Rule 15, Sec. 12(e) prohibits it for every other pleading. The extension is capped at thirty calendar days and only one such motion is allowed per defendant. On appeal it is different: Rules 42, 43, 44 and 45 expressly grant the power, on strict conditions.
- What about a case under the Expedited Rules?
- It is absolutely prohibited there. Rule II, Sec. 2(f) has no answer exception, so the thirty-day extension available in an ordinary civil action does not exist in an expedited case. The answer must be filed within thirty calendar days of service of summons (Rule III-A, Sec. 6).
- Why does this draft not cite any cases?
- Because it is a procedural request, not an argument. This format deliberately opts out of jurisprudence retrieval — padding a one-paragraph motion with case citations reads as filler, not diligence.
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